Charles Ernest Acker was an American electrical engineer who invented the "Acker Process" for manufacturing sodium hydroxide by electrolysis of molten salt. He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal in 1902.
Interred 20 October, 1920
He was born at Bourbon, Indiana, March 19, 1868, the son of William James Acker, a manufacturer, and Mercia Grant Acker.
Charles Ernest Acker was married to Alice Reynolds Beal of New York, April 26, 1892. She survives. He was also survived by six children.
Mr. Acker was graduated from Cornell University with the degree of Ph. B. in 1888. Following his graduation he practiced electrical engineering in Chicago, Ill., until 1893. He was granted about fifty patents by the United States and foreign countries for invention of chemical and electro- chemical processes. He was a member of the American Electro-Chemical Society and a director from 1905 to 1910; a member of The American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, of the Society of Arts, Faraday Society and Society of Chemical Industry, London.
Source: obituary, Ithaca Journal October 22, 1920
Interred 20 October, 1920
He was born at Bourbon, Indiana, March 19, 1868, the son of William James Acker, a manufacturer, and Mercia Grant Acker.
Charles Ernest Acker was married to Alice Reynolds Beal of New York, April 26, 1892. She survives. He was also survived by six children.
Mr. Acker was graduated from Cornell University with the degree of Ph. B. in 1888. Following his graduation he practiced electrical engineering in Chicago, Ill., until 1893. He was granted about fifty patents by the United States and foreign countries for invention of chemical and electro- chemical processes. He was a member of the American Electro-Chemical Society and a director from 1905 to 1910; a member of The American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, of the Society of Arts, Faraday Society and Society of Chemical Industry, London.
Source: obituary, Ithaca Journal October 22, 1920
Charles Ernest Acker was an American electrical engineer who invented the "Acker Process" for manufacturing sodium hydroxide by electrolysis of molten salt. He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal in 1902.
Interred 20 October, 1920
He was born at Bourbon, Indiana, March 19, 1868, the son of William James Acker, a manufacturer, and Mercia Grant Acker.
Charles Ernest Acker was married to Alice Reynolds Beal of New York, April 26, 1892. She survives. He was also survived by six children.
Mr. Acker was graduated from Cornell University with the degree of Ph. B. in 1888. Following his graduation he practiced electrical engineering in Chicago, Ill., until 1893. He was granted about fifty patents by the United States and foreign countries for invention of chemical and electro- chemical processes. He was a member of the American Electro-Chemical Society and a director from 1905 to 1910; a member of The American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, of the Society of Arts, Faraday Society and Society of Chemical Industry, London.
Source: obituary, Ithaca Journal October 22, 1920
Interred 20 October, 1920
He was born at Bourbon, Indiana, March 19, 1868, the son of William James Acker, a manufacturer, and Mercia Grant Acker.
Charles Ernest Acker was married to Alice Reynolds Beal of New York, April 26, 1892. She survives. He was also survived by six children.
Mr. Acker was graduated from Cornell University with the degree of Ph. B. in 1888. Following his graduation he practiced electrical engineering in Chicago, Ill., until 1893. He was granted about fifty patents by the United States and foreign countries for invention of chemical and electro- chemical processes. He was a member of the American Electro-Chemical Society and a director from 1905 to 1910; a member of The American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, of the Society of Arts, Faraday Society and Society of Chemical Industry, London.
Source: obituary, Ithaca Journal October 22, 1920
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